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Alesis S4 Plus Reference Manual

Alesis S4 Plus Reference Manual (156 pages)

64 Voice Sound Module

Brand: Alesis | Category: Music Equipment | Size: 1.91 MB

Table of Contents

How to Use this Manual
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Table of Contents
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1 : Setting up

8
- Unpacking and Inspection
  8
- AC Power
  8
  - Line Conditioners and Protectors
    9
- About Audio Cables
  10
- Basic Audio Hookup
  10
- A Word about Sound Bridge
  11
2 : Your First Session with the S4 Plus

12
- Powering up
  12
  - Adjusting the Display Contrast
    12
  - Playing the Demo Sequence
    13
- Enabling General MIDI Mode
  13
- Playing the S4 Plus
  14
  - Program Mode and MIX Mode
    14
  - Auditioning Internal Programs
    15
  - Selecting Banks
    15
  - Selecting the MIDI Channel
    15
  - Realtime Performance Functions
    16
  - The Quad Knobs
    16
  - Auditioning MIX Play Mode
    17
  - Selecting Banks
    17
  - Editing a MIX
    18
  - Setting the Effects Level
    19
3 : Connections

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- Basic MIDI Hookup
  20
- Using the S4 in Live Performance
  21
- Using an External Sequencer
  22
- Digital Audio/Optical Hookup
  23
  - Recording Digital Audio
    23
- 48 Khz Clock in
  23
4 : Overview

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- Basic Architecture
  24
- S4 Plus Polyphony
  24
- Modes
  25
  - Program Play Mode
    25
  - MIX Play Mode
    25
  - Program Edit Mode
    25
  - MIX Edit Mode
    26
  - Effects Edit Mode
    26
  - Global Edit Mode
    26
  - Store Mode
    26
  - Compare Mode
    26
- The User Interface: Display, Functions, Pages, and Parameters
  27
  - About the Display
    27
  - MIDI Buttons
    28
  - Quad Knob Editing
    28
  - Parameter Editing
    29
  - Editing Program Parameters
    30
  - Edit 4 and Edit 1 Modes
    31
  - Resetting a Parameter Value
    31
- Comparing Edited and Stored Versions
  32
- Preset Memory and User Memory
  32
- Storing
  33
  - Store a Program
    33
  - Copying Effects between Programs
    34
  - Store an Effect
    34
  - Store a MIX
    34
  - To Audition Programs before Storing
    35
5 : Editing Mixes

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- What Is a MIX
  38
- MIX Edit Mode
  38
- Understanding the Edit Buffers
  39
- Program Assign for each MIDI Channel
  40
- Level Setting for each Program
  40
- Pitch
  41
- Setting the Range and MIDI Switches
  41
- Effects in MIX Play Mode
  43
  - Effect Level
    43
  - Effect
    43
- Naming a MIX
  44
- Polyphony in MIX Play Mode
  44
- Playing a Group of Channels in a MIX
  45
6 : Editing Programs

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- Overview
  46
- The "Normalized" Synth Voice
  46
- How the S4 Generates Sound
  46
- Program Sound Layers
  47
- S4 Plus Signal Flow
  48
  - The Four Sounds of a Program
    48
  - Lowpass Filter
    49
  - Amp
    49
- About Modulation
  50
  - Envelopes
    51
- About Signal Processing
  51
- Drum Mode
  52
- Program Edit Functions
  53
  - Assign Voice
    53
  - Level
    55
  - Effect Level
    55
  - Pitch
    55
  - Filter
    58
  - Amp
    60
  - Range
    61
  - Mod
    63
  - Pitch LFO
    66
  - Filter Lfo
    68
  - Amp LFO
    69
  - Pitch Envelope
    70
  - Filter Envelope
    73
  - Amp Envelope
    75
  - Tracking Generator
    78
  - Name
    79
  - Misc
    80
- Programming Drum Sounds
  81
  - Assign Voice
    81
  - Level
    81
  - Effects Level
    82
  - Pitch
    82
  - Filter
    82
  - Amp
    82
  - Range
    83
  - Amp Envelope
    83
- Copying Sounds
  84
- Copying Effects
  84
- Initializing Programs
  84
- About Signal Processing
  86
7 Editing Effects

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- Selecting Effects in MIX Mode
  87
- Setting Effects Send Levels
  87
- Editing Effects
  88
- Storing Effect Patches in Program Mode
  89
- Storing Effect Patches in MIX Mode
  89
- Copying Effect Patches
  90
- Configurations
  90
- Reverb
  97
- Reverb Type
  99
- Delay
  102
  - Misc
    108
  - Overdrive
    109
- Editing Global Parameters
  112
- LCD Contrast
  112
- General MIDI Mode
  112
  - Enabling General MIDI Mode Via MIDI
    112
- Master Pitch and Master Tuning
  112
8 Global Settings

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- MIX Group Channel
  113
  - Controllers a – D
    113
  - Reset Controllers a – D
    114
- Controller Pedal 1 and 2 Assignment
  114
- MIDI Program Select
  115
  - Receiving and Transmitting Bank Change Message
    115
- Edit Mode
  116
- Khz Clock Input
  116
- Saving the User Bank to an External Card
  118
- Loading a Bank from an External Card
  118
9 MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations

118
Appendix A: Trouble-Shooting

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- Trouble-Shooting Index
  122
- Re-Initializing
  122
- Checking Software Version
  123
- Maintenance/Service
  123
  - Cleaning
    123
  - Obtaining Repair Service
    123
- MIDI Basics
  126
- MIDI Hardware
  126
- MIDI Message Basics
  126
Appendix B: MIDI Supplement

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- Channel Messages: Mode Messages
  127
- Channel Messages: Voice Messages
  127
- System Common Messages
  129
- General MIDI
  129
- MIDI Implementation Chart
  131
- Program Parameters
  132
Appendix C: Parameters Index

133
- MIX Parameters
  134
Appendix D: What's New in the 2.0 "Plus" Upgrade

137
- Using Pedals to Control Volume or Modulation
  141
- Effects Mode
  145
- Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning
  150
- Index
  156

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